I don't think Adam Dunn has much of a chance. A bunch of homers, walks, and strikeouts with a terrible batting average and he hasn't been on a team that has made the playoffs. I don't believe the voters give a crap about 500 homers anymore.

Posted by AlCheez on 8/3/2013 7:07:00 AM (view original):Since he's not going to get 500-600 AB for the next 4-6 seasons, I think it's probably a moot point.

If he decides not to hang them up, I have a hard time believing a team like Houston (or another crappy AL team) wouldn't want a 30-40 HR DH in their lineup.

He's not going to be a 30-40 HR DH for another 4 to 6 years unless he's chemically enhanced. And he does everything else so poorly now that he's worthless as a 1B/DH type the second his power starts to slip. Hell, he's almost there while still hitting the HRs.

We haven't had our expectations for players in their mid to late 30s properly re-programmed since the end of the steroid era.

His highest MVP voting finish was 21st in 2010. Was he losing out to a bunch of guys that were using PEDs, when maybe he wasn't (certainly his performance hasn't shown significant dropoff since testing started, at least not beyond what would be expected as a result of aging)? Sure. But still, if he couldn't break into the top 10 in MVP voting, ever, he doesn't merit even momentary HOF consideration.